ABUSE AND NEGLECT: ADULT, ELDER & CHILD
RESOURCES FOR PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS
(SCROLL DOWN TO SEE CHILD ABUSE)
What Is Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse? Abuse of an elder or a dependent adult is abuse of: Someone 65 years old or older; or. A dependent adult, who is someone between 18 and 64 that has certain mental or physical disabilities that keep him or her from being able to do normal activities or protect himself or herself.
The law says elder or dependent adult abuse is: Physical abuse, neglect, financial abuse, abandonment, isolation, abduction (taking the person out of the state against his or her will), or other behavior that causes physical harm, pain, or mental suffering
World Patients: 6%
Sex Ratio: M:2W
Symptoms: Poor Physical or Mental Condition or Lack of Self-Care
Progression: Declining Coping Skills or Death; One study of financial abuse showed an average of $186,000 stolen.
Causes: Abused by families or caregivers; Poverty was a major factor.
Youtube Video: Elder abuse can happen to anyone, even your parents.
Amazon or Library Book:
Rejected, Shamed Blamed
Amazon or Library Book:
Adult Children of Abusive Parents
Click the book to Link and/or Order from Amazon.
Click the book to Link and/or Order from Amazon.
Support Groups: States Differ. In Iowa use “Dependent Adult Services” 1-800-362-2718.
If the person is in danger, dial “911.”)
Contact your own state’s Department of Human Services for possible support groups.
CHILD ABUSE
“Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation“; or. “An act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm.”
World Patients: 6%
Sex Ratio: M:2W
Symptoms: Poor Physical or Mental Condition or Lack of Self-Care
Progression: Declining Coping Skills or Death; One study of financial abuse showed an average of $186,000 stolen.
Causes: Abused by families or caregivers; Poverty was a major factor.
Youtube Video: How to Recognize Child Abuse and Neglect
Amazon or Library Book:
Please Tell
Amazon or Library Book:
Adverse Childhood Experiences Recovery Workbook
Support Group: childhelp.org;800-422-4453 (ChildHelp USA; National Child Abuse Hotline)
RESOURCES FOR PHYSICIANS, COUNSELORS AND RESEARCHERS
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
Clicking each title opens the
PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- Childhood Maltreatment and Amygdala-Mediated Anxiety and Posttraumatic Stress Following Adult Traumaby Farah Harb on May 7, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: Amygdala-precuneus connectivity may be an underlying neural mechanism by which childhood abuse increases risk for anxiety following adult trauma. Specifically, this heightened connectivity may reflect attentional vigilance for threat or a tendency toward negative self-referential thoughts. Findings suggest that childhood abuse may contribute to longstanding upregulation of attentional vigilance circuits, which makes one vulnerable to anxiety-related symptoms in adulthood.
- Trajectories of risk and resilience: The role of empathy and perceived social support in the context of early adversityby Corinna Panagou on May 4, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: Study results highlight the role of affective empathy and PSS as transdiagnostic mechanisms influencing the pathway between early adversity and adult mental health, and the importance of taking these into account when designing interventions aiming to promote well-being among those who have experienced childhood adversity.
- Early identification and awareness of child abuse and neglect among physicians and teachersby M Roeders on May 4, 2024
CONCLUSION: Despite the fact that a large proportion of respondents had already been confronted with suspected cases of CAN, further guidelines for reporting procedures and training seem necessary. There is still uncertainty in both professions on dealing with cases of suspected CAN.
- Localizing somatic symptoms associated with childhood maltreatmentby Ethan G Dutcher on April 30, 2024
Childhood maltreatment has been linked to adult somatic symptoms, although this has rarely been examined in daily life. Furthermore, the localization of somatization associated with childhood maltreatment and its subtypes is unknown. This large-scale experience sampling study used body maps to examine the relationships between childhood maltreatment, its subtypes, and the intensity and location of negative somatic sensations in daily life. Participants (N = 2,234; 33% female and 67% male) were...